Re: ipv6 network aliases not set after upgrade to 9.3

On 04.09.2014 18:16, Kurt Lidl wrote:
> Greetings all:
> 
> I have a host that recently was upgraded from FreeBSD 9.1
> to FreeBSD 9.3.  After the upgrade, the IPv6 aliases that
> I was setting on vlan'd interfaces, no longer get set:
> 
> The section of my /etc/rc.conf, which worked under 9.1:
> 
> # inside network (gigabit connected)
> ifconfig_bce1="up"
> vlans_bce1="16 17"
> ifconfig_bce1_16="192.168.16.4/24"
> ifconfig_bce1_16_ipv6="inet6 accept_rtadv"
> ifconfig_bce1_16_alias0="inet6 2001:470:e254:0010::4 prefixlen 64 alias"
> ifconfig_bce1_17="192.168.17.4/24"
> ifconfig_bce1_17_ipv6="inet6 accept_rtadv"
> ifconfig_bce1_17_alias0="inet6 2001:470:e254:0011::4 prefixlen 64 alias"
> 
> When I use the same configuration file under 9.3, I get the
> vlan'd interfaces created, and they get an auto-assigned
> IPv6 interface, but the aliases do not get assigned.
> 
> If I manually run:
> 
> ifconfig bce1.16 inet6 2001:470:e254:0010::4 prefixlen 64 alias
> ifconfig bce1.17 inet6 2001:470:e254:0011::4 prefixlen 64 alias
> 
> Then the aliased addresses get assigned.  Did the syntax for
> specifying aliases on vlan'd interfaces change subtly for 9.3 vs 9.1?
> 
> I did not see anything calling out this change in either the 9.2 or 9.3
> release notes.

Hi,

I can confirm this, please, fill a bug report.

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WBR, Andrey V. Elsukov